Team confirms link between sleep disorder and Parkinson’s

New research confirms a connection between an REM sleep disorder and Parkinson's disease.

Shawn Hayward-McGill • futurity
March 20, 2019 ~4 min

Harvard research shows new link between sleep and clogged arteries

New research from Massachusetts General Hospital traces a previously unknown pathway from poor sleep to an increase in the fatty plaques that line blood vessels in atherosclerosis, a key feature of cardiovascular disease.

Alvin Powell • harvard
March 19, 2019 ~5 min


Narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease

Scientists have suspected narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease, but now they've got proof.

Cecilie Krabbe-Copenhagen • futurity
March 15, 2019 ~5 min

How to prep your body for daylight saving time

A neurologist suggests ways to protect your sleep from daylight saving time.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
March 8, 2019 ~2 min

Sleep loss leads to contagious loneliness

"We humans are a social species. Yet sleep deprivation can turn us into social lepers..."

Yasmin Anwar-UC Berkeley • futurity
March 7, 2019 ~7 min

Sleep loss is a literal pain

"Sleep loss not only amplifies the pain-sensing regions in the brain, but blocks the natural analgesia centers, too."

Yasmin Anwar-UC Berkeley • futurity
March 4, 2019 ~6 min

Your brain cleans itself best with the right kind of sleep

New findings in mice "add to the increasingly clear evidence that quality of sleep or sleep deprivation can predict the onset of Alzheimer's..."

Mark Michaud-Rochester • futurity
Feb. 27, 2019 ~6 min

Nap time for teens might benefit their brains

Nine hours of sleep a night would be great for a teen, but how about 5 hours plus an afternoon nap? New research finds pros and cons of split sleep.

National University of Singapore • futurity
Feb. 19, 2019 ~3 min


V.R. could take scary nightmares down a notch

Virtual reality could give people control over their recurrent nightmares, a pilot study suggests.

Kat McAlpine-Boston • futurity
Jan. 30, 2019 ~6 min

Lost sleep ups Alzheimer’s protein levels

"...this study shows that sleep disruption causes the damaging protein tau to increase rapidly and to spread over time."

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Jan. 28, 2019 ~6 min

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